GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Steineded How sad is this?

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

educallejero Excellent. The story, plot, and (in my opinion) production is awesome. The direction great. I always felt I was watching people from those times, more or less... The less is because of Connery and Slater, which I think they both sucked not at acting, but talking. They just didn't nail the tones and ways of speaking. The clear Sherlock Holmes tones and references weren't good.

Filipe Neto This film is the cinematographic adaptation of Umberto Eco's homonymous novel, telling the story of a series of mysterious murders inside an isolated Benedictine abbey, in the middle of the Italian Alps during the Middle Ages. Its an excellent adaptation, as the most relevant content of the novel is passed on to the screen pleasantly and rigorously. As its a period film, its not uncommon to see some historically dubious details but, since the more obvious ones come from the original book, we cannot blame the film crew. Moreover, I didn't see any situation so obvious that it took value to the film, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Sean Connery and Christian Slater are the central actors in the plot, in the role of two Franciscan friars sent to the abbey for a meeting with a papal delegation. They will try to solve the deaths of the monks, their hosts, before the arrival of the delegates. The two actors were at their best and the same can be said of Michael Lonsdale (the abbot), Feodor Chaliapin Jr. (the blind Brother Jorge) and F. Murray Abraham (the inquisitor Bernardo Gui), who shone in the secondary roles. The film makes a real effort of realism: the locations were handpicked, the scenarios faithfully reconstruct the abbey described by Eco, the costumes, the choice of the ugliest extras, even the black ink bath given to the pigs, everything was thought to recreate the medieval environment, which is truly one of the great advantages of the film. Some of the scenes are worthy of anthology, such as the scenes in the labyrinth or the scene in which Slater is seduced by a young peasant (Chilean actress Valentina Vargas). This film is, definitely, a good example of what must be a period film.

SnoopyStyle Adso of Melk is an old man recalling a pivotal time during his youth. It's late 1327 in the dark north of Italy. Adso (Christian Slater) arrives at a Benedictine abbey with his mentor Franciscan friar William of Baskerville (Sean Connery) to argue the issue of the church's wealth. William is a Sherlock Holmes character with exceptional perception and deduction. The Abbot is trying to keep a recent death from William and wait for Inquisitor Bernardo Gui (F. Murray Abraham). William notices the fresh grave. It's a young manuscript illuminator whose work he admires. He and his young novice investigate the death but then others die. Adso has sex with a local girl. William befriends hunchback Salvatore (Ron Perlman) from a heretical sect. They discover a labyrinthine secret library as William's nemesis Gui arrives.The first time I watched this, it was a mess of confusing characters and ideas about the medieval world. The resolution is understandable. Solving the murder became secondary to trying to immerse in this world. It gets better the second time around. I'm sure the book is more in depth. The red herring needs more exposition time. Novel adaptation often has this problem. The setting has the foggy muddy part down. The secret library has plenty of stairways. The acting is solid. It takes a couple of times to ingest everything from the movie.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- The Name of the Rose, 1986. A bizarre series of monks murders in an isolated 14th century abbey brings a Papal Inquisaitor and Franciscan Brother William of Baskerville to investigate the evil crimes.*Special Stars- Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham.*Theme- Truth is always worth finding.*Trivia/location/goofs- The film features several clerical groups: The papal legates, Benedictine and Fransciscan monks.*Emotion- An off beat but rich film with colorful locations, actor faces, and historical intrigue involving the Middle Ages with a satisfying 'who-did-it' plot.*Based On- A best selling novel of the time.